Necktie holder



Paenedl Sept. 4, 1923.

ETE s'rArss PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER. :o. ELLIOT'I, or VIOLA, IL1LINOIS.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

Application filed Inne 3,

ers of which the following is a speoification.

This inven'tion relates to improvemehts in neok tie holders partmularly adapted, tl'1ough not neoessanly hm1ted m rts 'use With a neok tie of What is oomrno nly known es the four-in-hand type, and has for one of its obyacts to promde an 1mproved holder 01 this Chara'oter on Wlll0ll the t1e Inay be tied or knotted and the holder wih the tie thereon qulokly and securaly fastened Wilhin the fold 01: a collar by engagement Wil;h the collar button, and es quiekly removed or deteched.

Heretofore Wih neck tie holders of this general character, considerable difficulty and inconvenience has' been experienced in that the knot or folded portion of the tie is not hel'd close to the top o1 the folded portion'bf a turned down collar und lt has been necessary to rely solely upon t-he fastening of the holder to the collar button. Other devices of this cheraoter embody olips Which grip the edges o1 the o11ter fold 01 the collar With the result thatthe tie Will soon work out of ils proper position snd often drops ofl.

To overcome these difiiulties :md ohjections and to provide an improved tie holder embodyirxg means adapted to exert a pressure upon tl1e collar but-ton zrnd the top edge of ehe tie so filmt the top edge of the tie Will be forced into the top folded portion of e turned down collar, and re'tain the tie in such e position, is another one of the objeots of the present invention.

A still further object is to provide an improved neck tie holder of this oheraoer Which Will be of e simple, durable, light end oheap oonstruction, and which Wlll loe effective and efilcient in operation.

T0 the attainment of these ende and ehe aocomplishment of other new and useful ob jects es will appesr, the invention oonsists in the features of novelty in substantially the construotion, combination and errangement of the several parcs hereinafter more fully described und elaimed and shown in the aocompanying drewing illustrating this invention and in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of e turned 1922. Se1ia1'No. 565,617.

down oollzir sl1owing a netik tie held in position by means of a holder oonstzucted in irccorden ce with 'the principles' of this inven- Figure 2 is. a rear view of the holder with the tie att'ached thereto and showing a port1on of the collar in section, the full lines of the holder showing the normal position thereof and the dotted lines the compressed pos1t1on.

Figure 3 is e detailed ele vation Cf the holder.

The holder consists essehtiellly of a body porti'on preferably oonstructed of a single;

pvece otf resilient wir6 and bent into shape to form an enlarged und elongated loop hav- 1ng a top portion Which is depressed as' fit 10 to f0rm laterallyspaced upwardly pro- 1eotingshoulders'll. The free ends of the {twisted as at 12 to form resilient Walls 13, the twisted portion 12 being disposed intermediate the ends of the loop. The extremi des 14of the twistedportion 12 are shaped to form a downwardly opening seat 15.

The loop thus formed is normally of a height somrwhet greater than the distance between the oollxr edge17 of the folded. down portion of a. collar 18.

The tie is looped or khotted about the wire are bent toivards euch other and button 16 and the top" Walls 11 project beyond the part of the tie that is in the depressed portion 0f the holder so es to extend well into the folded portion of the collar in advance of the tie. This arrangement prevents the tie from causing the folded edge of the Collar to beCome distorted.

In use the holder is positioned so that the body portion thereof embodying the resilient Walls 18 will stand behind ehe knot 20 of the tie* andafter the coller.

18 has bee'n put onin the usual manner, the holder together With the tie seoured thereto is passed under the folded down portion of the coller and is moVed pwardly until the upper edges of the shoulders 11 engage the edge 17 of the folded down ortion of the collar. In this positionthe seat 15 of' the holder 011 the twisted extremity 12 Will o0 norma11y disposed beneath the collar button 16. T110 resi1i0nt wa11s 13 01 the holder are t11en compressed 130 a suf1icient extent that the seat 15 may 130 engagec1 over t11e shank 01 the 0011211 button 16 thereby p1ao ing 13110 holder unc1er compression anc1 101C ing ehe same between the 0011m button 18 011d the upper edge 17 01: 1110 0011211. This W111 shove 01 m0ve the upper ec1ge 01 the neck tie in c1ose proximity t0 13110 edge 17 of the 1:01c10d c10wn portion 015 the C0112L1'.

VVhen it is desired t0 remove the tie 011 thatisnecessary is 130 furnish compress the resilicnt wa11s 13 01 the holder unti1 t-110 seai; 15 can be c1isengaged fron1 13110 shank 01 the 0011211 button 16, a1'ter W111011 the tie may 100 readily removed.

The extremities 14 211e preferab1y twiste01 as shown so as to procect the tie against the ec1ges 0I" the wire anc1 also eo serve as a means for assisting in c1etaching the seat from t11e shank 01 the collarv button.

1Vhi1e 13110 preferrecl form 01 the invention has been herein shown anc1 c1escribed it is 130 be understood that various changes may 130 made in the detai1s 0f construction anc1 in the combination und arrangemeni: of the severa1 parts, within the scop 01 the claim, Wit-h0ut depmting fr0m 13110 spirit 0f t11is inventio11.

1Vhat is claimec1 as new is:

A neck tie holder consisting 0f a sing1e piece cf resi1ient wire 1ike material bent; 130 1'01n1 a 100p, the ends 0f the materia1 being twisted together With the extremities of the enc1s forming a medial downwardly opening seat adjacent the 10W01' W2L11 01 the 100p, saic1 saut being adapted to engage over a 0011211 button when the 100p is compressed, a porti0n 01 1110 upper wal1 01 t1x e 100p being depressed t0 form spaced upwarc11y projecting shou1ders ab ehe ends 015 ehe 100p, S&1(1 shou1ders being of a height 130 project above 13110 portion 01 t110 ti0 which engages in saic1 depressed portion whereby the shoulc1ers W111 project beyond the tie und int0 the f01c1ed porti0n 01 th0 0011211.

In testimony whereof I have signed my narne to this specification, 011 this 1st dayof June, A. D. 1922.

ALEXANDER D. ELLXOTT. 

